Incident Response in the Age of Cloud. Techniques and best practices to effectively respond to cybersecurity incidents

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Cybercriminals are always in search of new methods to infiltrate systems. Quickly responding to an incident will help organizations minimize losses, decrease vulnerabilities, and rebuild services and processes.In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most organizations gravitating towards remote working and cloud computing, this book uses frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK® and the SANS IR model to assess security risks.The book begins by introducing you to the cybersecurity landscape and explaining why IR matters. You will understand the evolution of IR, current challenges, key metrics, and the composition of an IR team, along with an array of methods and tools used in an effective IR process. You will then learn how to apply these strategies, with discussions on incident alerting, handling, investigation, recovery, and reporting.Further, you will cover governing IR on multiple platforms and sharing cyber threat intelligence and the procedures involved in IR in the cloud. Finally, the book concludes with an “Ask the Experts” chapter wherein industry experts have provided their perspective on diverse topics in the IR sphere.By the end of this book, you should become proficient at building and applying IR strategies pre-emptively and confidently.

Learn Social Engineering. Learn the art of human hacking with an internationally renowned expert

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

This book will provide you with a holistic understanding of social engineering. It will help you to avoid and combat social engineering attacks by giving you a detailed insight into how a social engineer operates.Learn Social Engineering starts by giving you a grounding in the different types of social engineering attacks,and the damages they cause. It then sets up the lab environment to use different toolS and then perform social engineering steps such as information gathering. The book covers topics from baiting, phishing, and spear phishing, to pretexting and scareware.By the end of the book, you will be in a position to protect yourself andyour systems from social engineering threats and attacks.All in all, the book covers social engineering from A to Z , along with excerpts from many world wide known security experts.

Windows Server 2025 Administration Fundamentals. A beginner's guide to managing and administering Windows Server environments - Fourth Edition

Bekim Dauti, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Windows Server 2025 introduces significant advancements and interesting security features. In this fourth edition, Bekim Dauti, the esteemed author of the previous three editions, brings his extensive experience to provide up-to-date information on these latest enhancements.You’ll be introduced to network fundamentals and installation procedures, and go through post-installation tasks, directory services, and adding roles. The chapters highlight configuration topics, including group policy, virtualization, and data storage. This updated edition covers the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2025 extensively, including Active Directory Domain Services enhancements, SMB over QUIC, advanced security features, and hotpatching with Azure Arc. Additionally, the book provides insights into tuning, maintaining, updating, and troubleshooting the server, and concludes with a dedicated section on studying and preparing for the AZ-800 certification exam with the help of practical preparation tips. Numerous questions and answers at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge of the concepts covered.By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped with the knowledge needed to update, maintain, and troubleshoot servers to ensure business continuity by relying on best practices and using step-by-step graphic-driven examples.